Slow start up for applications in Mac Mini

Beginning last week all of my most important applications in my 2010 Mac Mini have been slow to start up. Safari takes two minutes to start. MS Word for Mac 2011 takes two minutes, forty seconds to start.  I had never timed these applications before, but I know that each took well under a minute to start.
After the applications start, they operate with the same speed as normal.
This startup problem began at the same time that my Messages application conked out.  With the advice that I got here in the Apple Support Forums, I did two tasks to try to repair Messages.
First I started up in Safe Mode and ran Disk Utility.  “Repair Disk” reported no problem with the hard drive.  “Repair Permissions” spent a long time (over five minutes, IIRC) repairing permissions in many appplications that I never use.  Most of the changes were in iBooks.  I doubt that I have ever turned on that application in this computer. “Repair Permissions” did not repair any permissions in Messages, Word, and, IIRC, Safari.
I report this history with Disk Utility, because I see in other threads a recommendation to try this technique for slow applications. 
Second, I logged out of my account in Messages and logged back in.  Doing so restored the function of Messages but had no effect, as far as I can tell, on the speed of start up of my applications.
My hard drive is nowhere being full.  Trash is empty.  I doubt that there is a problem with crowding the RAM, as the problem occurs only when starting the applications.  Once the applications are running, I have found no problems no matter how many applications are running.  Software Update reports everything is up to date.  Software Update did download an update to the Twitter application two days before the present problem arose; I do not know if there is a connection. The problem arose one morning like any other morning when I started the computer.
Any guesses as to what is wrong?   TIA

Problem description:
slow application start-up
EtreCheck version: 2.0.4 (89)
Report generated October 14, 2014 at 12:44:16 PM CDT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
  Mac mini (Mid 2010) (Verified)
  Mac mini - model: Macmini4,1
  1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
  2 GB RAM Upgradeable
  BANK 0/DIMM0
  1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
  BANK 1/DIMM0
  1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
  Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
  Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
  NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
  SyncMaster spdisplays_1080p
System Software: ℹ️
  OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 1:37:7
Disk Information: ℹ️
  ST9320325ASG disk0 : (320.07 GB)
  S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
  EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
  Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /  [Startup]: 319.21 GB (274.58 GB free)
  Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
  OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H 
USB Information: ℹ️
  Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
  Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
  Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
  Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
  Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
  /System/Library/Extensions
  [not loaded] com.marvell.kext.USBGenericPrinterClass (1.0.0) Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
  [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
  [loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist Support
  [loaded] com.barebones.textwrangler.plist Support
  [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
  None
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
  DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.5r635 Support
  Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 Support
  Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
  Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 Support
  RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) Support
  Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
  FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
  Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.189
  QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
  CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 11.2.0 Support
  SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
  iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
  JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - SDK 10.9 Check version
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
  WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
  AdBlock
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
  Citrix Online Plug-in  Support
  Flash Player  Support
  Flip4Mac WMV  Support
  MouseLocator  Support
  Perian  Support
  SANE  Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
  Auto backup: YES
  Volumes being backed up:
  Macintosh HD: Disk size: 319.21 GB Disk used: 44.63 GB
  Destinations:
  Time Machine Backups [Local]
  Total size: 999.86 GB
  Total number of backups: 37
  Oldest backup: 2012-05-16 15:48:43 +0000
  Last backup: 2014-10-08 22:54:20 +0000
  Size of backup disk: Excellent
  Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk size 319.21 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      10% WindowServer
      3% mdworker
      1% Microsoft Word
      0% mds_stores
      0% AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
  99 MB Safari
  97 MB Microsoft Excel
  90 MB WindowServer
  73 MB Microsoft Word
  56 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
  62 MB Free RAM
  589 MB Active RAM
  529 MB Inactive RAM
  345 MB Wired RAM
  898 MB Page-ins
  25 MB Page-outs

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    I want to connect it up and migrate my iTunes and iPhoto libraries, etc. to it from my old Mac Mini but here's the thing: my old Mac Mini is a G4, powerpc mac has been through a sort of mini **** lately and at this time will need it's hard disk repaired before I will be able to get it back up to 10.4.11 and Safari 3.0.4. that it had had only last week, before all manner of disasters happened after the last security update. Genius bar made it relatively functional by re-installing the OS but they used 10.4.7 and Safari 2.0.4. to do it! So here is my question: Do I need to get my PPC Mac back up to snuff completely before I can migrate stuff from it to the new Leopard Mac Mini or can I do the migration and get everything nice and lovely on the new machine even though there are still problems on the old Mac Mini?
    Here is the problem that the PPC G4 Mac Mini has at this time:
    Verifying volume "Macintosh HD"
    Checking HFS Plus volume.
    Checking Extents Overflow file.
    Checking Catalog file.
    Invalid index key
    The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
    Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
    1 HFS volume checked
    Volume needs repair
    Would this pose a problem in the migration?
    Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much! -Charlotte

    The best thing I can say about your post is that at least you realize that Installing Leopard on a broken Tiger and a G4 processor files is exactly how hundreds of the problems are being caused. Too many people have decided that "Apple Just Works" and figure that installing the newest most complex MacOS ever will just work. These people are getting "worked".
    Good Luck cleaning up your machine to tip-top shape to 10.4.11, with every update for every program you intend to transfer. Your drive must be squeeky clean, or you will have problems that nobody can explain. I'd recommend removing any applications you don't have to have or that you can reinstall easily with a program like App Zapper and get rid of the G4 system files as much as possible.

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